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Gareth Porter (born 18 June 1942, Independence, Kansas) is an American historian, investigative journalist and policy analyst on U.S. foreign and military policy. A strong opponent of U.S. wars in Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, he has also written on the potential for diplomatic compromise to end or avoid wars in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Iraq and Iran. He is the author of a history of the origins of the Vietnam War, Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.
Porter has written regular news reports and news analyses on political, diplomatic and military developments in regard to Middle East conflicts for Inter Press Service since 2005. He was the first journalist to provide a detailed account of the alleged secret Iranian diplomatic proposal to the United States in 2003, and has published an in-depth analysis of an exit strategy for Iraq
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack Netanyahu is exploiting the extraordinary influence his right-wing Likud Party exercises over the Republican Party and the U.S. Congress on matters related to Israel in order to maximize the likelihood that the United States would participate in an attack on Iran.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack Netanyahu is exploiting the extraordinary influence his right-wing Likud Party exercises over the Republican Party and the U.S. Congress on matters related to Israel in order to maximize the likelihood that the United States would participate in an attack on Iran.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
How Iraq Maneuvered the US Exit The neocons' treasured Iraq War myth of their "successful surge" is belied by the actual history of how Iraqi Shiite leaders collaborated with Iran to tamp down internal violence and then destroy neocon plans for long-term U.S. military bases to project power in the Middle East.
Saturday, December 17, 2011How Iraq Maneuvered the US Exit The neocons' treasured Iraq War myth of their "successful surge" is belied by the actual history of how Iraqi Shiite leaders collaborated with Iran to tamp down internal violence and then destroy neocon plans for long-term U.S. military bases to project power in the Middle East.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion.
Sunday, November 20, 2011Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Iran's Soviet Bomb-Maker Who Wasn't Careful examination of the "alleged studies" documents has revealed inconsistencies and other anomalies that give evidence of fraud. But the IAEA, the United States and its allies in the IAEA, continue to treat the documents as though there were no question about their authenticity.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011Iran's Soviet Bomb-Maker Who Wasn't Careful examination of the "alleged studies" documents has revealed inconsistencies and other anomalies that give evidence of fraud. But the IAEA, the United States and its allies in the IAEA, continue to treat the documents as though there were no question about their authenticity.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Debunking The Iran "Terror Plot" The US tale of the Iranian plot was greeted with unusual skepticism on the part of Iran specialists and independent policy analysts, and even elements of the mainstream media. The critics observed that the alleged assassination scheme was not in Iran's interest, and that it bore scant resemblance to past operations attributed to the foreign special operations branch of Iranian intelligence.
Sunday, November 6, 2011Debunking The Iran "Terror Plot" The US tale of the Iranian plot was greeted with unusual skepticism on the part of Iran specialists and independent policy analysts, and even elements of the mainstream media. The critics observed that the alleged assassination scheme was not in Iran's interest, and that it bore scant resemblance to past operations attributed to the foreign special operations branch of Iranian intelligence.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed Over 1,500 Afghan Civilians SOF commanders have begun consciously targeting individuals who were not believed to be insurgents but who were believed to have provided moral or material support, or to have intelligence information about them. But night raids clearly remain the overwhelmingly primary -- though still unacknowledged -- cause of civilian deaths in the war.
Thursday, November 3, 2011ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed Over 1,500 Afghan Civilians SOF commanders have begun consciously targeting individuals who were not believed to be insurgents but who were believed to have provided moral or material support, or to have intelligence information about them. But night raids clearly remain the overwhelmingly primary -- though still unacknowledged -- cause of civilian deaths in the war.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
US Losing Sway in Af-Pak Region Obama administration officials have been talking tough about Pakistan and its alleged support to militants who have crossed into Afghanistan to attack U.S. forces. But the reality is that Washington has little leverage left after a decade of failed wars.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011US Losing Sway in Af-Pak Region Obama administration officials have been talking tough about Pakistan and its alleged support to militants who have crossed into Afghanistan to attack U.S. forces. But the reality is that Washington has little leverage left after a decade of failed wars.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
New Study Says U.S. Night Raids Aimed at Afghan Civilians A military officer who had approved night raids told one of the authors that targeting individuals believed to know one of the insurgents is a key factor in planning the raids. "If you can't get the guy you want," said the officer, "you get the guy who knows him."
Wednesday, September 21, 2011New Study Says U.S. Night Raids Aimed at Afghan Civilians A military officer who had approved night raids told one of the authors that targeting individuals believed to know one of the insurgents is a key factor in planning the raids. "If you can't get the guy you want," said the officer, "you get the guy who knows him."
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Taliban Narrative in Afghan War Holdovers from the Bush administration helped sell President Barack Obama on a "surge" for Afghanistan, arguing that a counterinsurgency strategy could still work. However, two years later, the Taliban continues high-profile attacks almost anywhere in the country.
Thursday, September 15, 2011Taliban Narrative in Afghan War Holdovers from the Bush administration helped sell President Barack Obama on a "surge" for Afghanistan, arguing that a counterinsurgency strategy could still work. However, two years later, the Taliban continues high-profile attacks almost anywhere in the country.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs A CIA official was quoted by the Post as saying that the CIA had become "one hell of a killing machine," before quickly revising the phrase to "one hell of an operational tool."
Monday, September 5, 2011CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs A CIA official was quoted by the Post as saying that the CIA had become "one hell of a killing machine," before quickly revising the phrase to "one hell of an operational tool."
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Pakistan Demands Veto on Drone Strikes The U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 aroused anger in Pakistan over unilateral American military actions. But bilateral tensions have been growing for years over U.S. drone strikes against Pakistani targets -- and have now reached a crisis stage.
Thursday, August 18, 2011Pakistan Demands Veto on Drone Strikes The U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 aroused anger in Pakistan over unilateral American military actions. But bilateral tensions have been growing for years over U.S. drone strikes against Pakistani targets -- and have now reached a crisis stage.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term U.S. Afghan Combat Gates and Petraeus assumed that the military must have the flexibility to continue the military engagement in Afghanistan indefinitely in order to avoid a collapse of the US-NATO position and the Hamid Karzai regime. Even after 2014 was set as the date for completing combat operations, Gates and Petraeus regarded the withdrawal of US combat forces as only an "aspirational goal."
Thursday, June 23, 2011Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term U.S. Afghan Combat Gates and Petraeus assumed that the military must have the flexibility to continue the military engagement in Afghanistan indefinitely in order to avoid a collapse of the US-NATO position and the Hamid Karzai regime. Even after 2014 was set as the date for completing combat operations, Gates and Petraeus regarded the withdrawal of US combat forces as only an "aspirational goal."
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Monday, June 13, 2011
90% of Petraeus's Captured "Taliban' Were Civilians Petraeus made sure the impact of the new SOF narrative would be maximized by presenting the total of Afghans swept up in SOF raids as actual Taliban fighters. The deceptive nature of those statistics, as now revealed by U.S. military data, raises anew the question of whether the statistics released by Petraeus on killing of alleged Taliban were similarly skewed.
Monday, June 13, 201190% of Petraeus's Captured "Taliban' Were Civilians Petraeus made sure the impact of the new SOF narrative would be maximized by presenting the total of Afghans swept up in SOF raids as actual Taliban fighters. The deceptive nature of those statistics, as now revealed by U.S. military data, raises anew the question of whether the statistics released by Petraeus on killing of alleged Taliban were similarly skewed.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Slain Writer's Book Says US-NATO War Served Al-Qaeda Strategy Shahzad's book "Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban" was published on May 24 -- only three days before he went missing from Islamabad on his way to a television interview. His body was found May 31. He reveals that Osama bin Laden was a "figurehead" for public consumption, and that it was Dr. Ayman Zawahiri who formulated the organization's ideological line or devised operational plans.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011Slain Writer's Book Says US-NATO War Served Al-Qaeda Strategy Shahzad's book "Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban" was published on May 24 -- only three days before he went missing from Islamabad on his way to a television interview. His body was found May 31. He reveals that Osama bin Laden was a "figurehead" for public consumption, and that it was Dr. Ayman Zawahiri who formulated the organization's ideological line or devised operational plans.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Obama's Covert Clash with Pakistan U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded that American success in the Afghan War requires Pakistani help in rooting out Taliban safe havens along the border but that Pakistan is unwilling to turn against its longtime Taliban allies -- a conundrum that continues to bedevil the Obama administration and U.S. military commanders.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011Obama's Covert Clash with Pakistan U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded that American success in the Afghan War requires Pakistani help in rooting out Taliban safe havens along the border but that Pakistan is unwilling to turn against its longtime Taliban allies -- a conundrum that continues to bedevil the Obama administration and U.S. military commanders.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
After Bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace The new narrative portrays the Obama administration as sharply divided between military and Pentagon leaders who want to maximize the number of troops in Afghanistan for as long as possible and some civilian advisers who want a much bigger and faster draw-down.
Monday, May 9, 2011After Bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace The new narrative portrays the Obama administration as sharply divided between military and Pentagon leaders who want to maximize the number of troops in Afghanistan for as long as possible and some civilian advisers who want a much bigger and faster draw-down.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Long-term Afghan Presence Likely to Derail Peace Talks The announcement by U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defence Michele Flournoy in Congressional testimony Mar. 15 that the United States would continue to carry out "counter-terrorism operations" from "joint bases" in Afghanistan well beyond 2014 signaled that President Barack Obama has given up the negotiating flexibility he would need to be able to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban leadership.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011Long-term Afghan Presence Likely to Derail Peace Talks The announcement by U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defence Michele Flournoy in Congressional testimony Mar. 15 that the United States would continue to carry out "counter-terrorism operations" from "joint bases" in Afghanistan well beyond 2014 signaled that President Barack Obama has given up the negotiating flexibility he would need to be able to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban leadership.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
U.N. Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids WASHINGTON/KABUL, Mar 17, 2011 (IPS) - The number of civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan published last week, an IPS investigation has revealed.
Thursday, March 17, 2011U.N. Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids WASHINGTON/KABUL, Mar 17, 2011 (IPS) - The number of civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan published last week, an IPS investigation has revealed.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Residents of Razed Afghan Village Dispute U.S. Case for Destruction U.S. forces destroyed the homes of Afghans across three districts of Kandahar province as part of Operation Dragon Strike,claiming they "were abandoned, empty and wired with ingenious arrays of bombs." The people who lived in the area have a different story.
Friday, February 18, 2011Residents of Razed Afghan Village Dispute U.S. Case for Destruction U.S. forces destroyed the homes of Afghans across three districts of Kandahar province as part of Operation Dragon Strike,claiming they "were abandoned, empty and wired with ingenious arrays of bombs." The people who lived in the area have a different story.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Short-Counting the Taliban Petraeus appears to have invoked the privilege of the military commander to avert the potential "political bombshell" of an estimate that would almost certainly have shown a large increase in the number of armed insurgents in Afghanistan.
Thursday, February 17, 2011Short-Counting the Taliban Petraeus appears to have invoked the privilege of the military commander to avert the potential "political bombshell" of an estimate that would almost certainly have shown a large increase in the number of armed insurgents in Afghanistan.
